[SunkenCiv]

The 15th Century Voynich Manuscript has been described as the world's most mysterious book written in a complex code, an unknown language or simply a hoax

[ClearCase_guy]

Apparently Ovaltine was originally made from many exotic herbs.

[amnestynone]

“scholars and cryptographers have studied the document but have failed to find meaning in the text.”

Then why bother

[Jed Eckert]

The 15th Century Voynich Manuscript has been described as the world's most mysterious book written in a complex code, an unknown language or simply a hoax

it's... it's a cookbook!

Joking aside, an interesting mystery that I read about several years ago. Thanks for posting.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Doc Savage]

Sorry, I wrote this while drunk in a small bar in France. I didn’t realize anyone would take it seriously.

[Texan5]

Maybe it is simply a book of plants and their medicinal/culinary uses?

I have a number of books on the subject of herbs, their medicinal and culinary uses and the benefits thereof-they are written in English, but the illustrations in several of them look very similar, and have the Latin name of the plant below the picture.

Or, to quote a Star Trek TNG episode about breaking a code-it could just be someone’s recipe for biscuits...

[ExCTCitizen]

Interesting... if they could find what plants are in the book, maybe they can find the language.

Unless it from another planet...:-)

[Little Bill]

I did a lot of reading on this a few years ago, it was recognized as a natural language years ago.

If I remember correctly they tried to match it up to every known language except Aztec.

[Rocky]

I believe this is written in Austrian. Perhaps President Obama can translate it for you.